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Author
Shields, T. J. | Boyce, K. E. | Silcock, G. W. H. | Dunne, B.
Title
Impact of a Wheelchair Bound Evacuee on the Speed and Flow of Evacuees in a Stairway During an Uncontrolled Unannounced Evacuation.
Report
Chapter 8,
Book or Conf
Evacuation From Fires. Volume 2. Chapter 8. Applied Fire Science in Transition Series, Baywood Publishing Co. Inc., Amityville, NY, DeCicco, P. R., Editors, 139-149 p., 2002
Keywords
evacuation | handicapped | stairways | people movement | occupants | evacuation time
Identifiers
unannounced evacuation teaching block 12; total numberof occupants of block 12 and numbers exiting via stairway S by floor level; summary of level G occupants' stairway choice, times to leave room, speeds of descent on stairs and total evacuation time; monitored individual times engaged in various evacuation activities